# data[].attributes.body
a person who favors formal withdrawal from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state

# data[].attributes.body
South Carolinian's who favored seceding from the union

# data[].attributes.body
people who wanted to stay in the Union and workout their differences over slavery

# data[].attributes.body
written by South Carolina that outlined reasons why they were seceding from the Union.

# data[].attributes.body
An election that happened in 1860

# data[].attributes.body
an attack on slave owners led by John Brown in Harpers Ferry, Virginia

# data[].attributes.body
Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia

# data[].attributes.body
16th President of the United States

# data[].attributes.body
Held that Congress had no authority to prohibit the extension of slavery

# data[].attributes.body
People who opposed expansion of slavery into western territories

# data[].attributes.body
Term referring to bloodshed over popular sovereignty in a particular western territory

# data[].attributes.body
Mandated that northern states forcibly return escaped slaves to their owners in the South.

# data[].attributes.body
law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery

# data[].attributes.body
Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories

# data[].attributes.body
US vs. Mexico; US gained California, Arizona, N. Mexico

# data[].attributes.body
7th President

# data[].attributes.body
Law that gave the federal government the right to forcibly collect tariffs from southern states.

# data[].attributes.body
South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification

# data[].attributes.body
A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods

# data[].attributes.body
Conflict resulted when South Carolina voided "the tariff of abomination" and threatened to secede.

# data[].attributes.body
Aroused southern fears for the long-term future of slavery